Petr Vašina and Pavlína Slavíková attended a conference held on an occasion of 5th National Day of Czech Large Research Infrastructures. The conference was attended by the leading stakeholders of Czech public administration, higher education institutions, the Czech Academy of Sciences, other public and private research organizations.
Masaryk University (MUNI), with close cooperation with the Ministry of Education, Youth, and Sports (MEYS) and the Central European Institute of Technology (CEITEC), held a conference on Tuesday 15th of February 2022. This conference was for the 5th National Day of Czech Large Research Infrastructures. The conference was held online due to an unfavorable epidemiological situation.
From the Department of Physical electronics (DPE) the director prof. Mgr. Petr Vašina, Ph.D. and projects coordinator Mgr. Ing. Pavlína Slavíková attended the conference.
Among the most important topics of lectures and debates were international peer-review assessment of large research infrastructures of Czechia and analysis of socioeconomic benefits and impacts of Czech large research infrastructures. MEYS presented a proposal for public funding of Czech large research infrastructures in 2023–2029 to the Research, Development, and Innovation Council. The results will be known at the end of the year. The manager of large infrastructures at MUNI Ing. Ondřej Hradil hosted a debate on this topic.
Presentations are accessible on the following link https://www.vyzkumne-infrastruktury.cz/en/5thLRIsNationalDay/. You can read about the conference in more detail here (only in Czech).
Prof. Jochen M. Schneider, Chair of Materials Chemistry (MC) at RWTH Aachen University, Germany, visited CEPLANT center and Department of Plasma Physics and Technology on the 14th of January 2025. The visit is a testament to our ongoing collaboration with Deposition of Thin Films and Nanostructures research group, section PVDLab. Dr. Matej Fekete will also be staying at MC from the 19th of January to the 15th of February 2025.
The Dean of the MU Faculty of Science awards prizes to outstanding collaborating organizations, schools, and individuals. One of the thirteen awards was received by Dr. Vjačeslav Sochora from the SHM company. SHM deals with developing, researching, and preparing PVD coatings for components and various tools.
